{"id":283,"date":"2014-05-09T08:13:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T13:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/kleelerner\/?p=283"},"modified":"2023-03-18T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T15:57:53","slug":"pripyat-ukraine-pripyat-and-the-legacy-of-chernobyl-inside-the-nuclear-exclusion-zone-photo-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/kleelerner\/pripyat-ukraine-pripyat-and-the-legacy-of-chernobyl-inside-the-nuclear-exclusion-zone-photo-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Pripyat, Ukraine –Pripyat and the Legacy of Chernobyl: Inside the Nuclear Exclusion Zone (Photo Essay)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pripyat, Ukraine \u2014 The now iconic Ferris wheel and rides at the never-used carnival built for 1986 Soviet May Day celebrations rest in the radioactively-poisoned town of Pripyat, the closest city to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant destroyed in the cataclysmic explosion in 1986.\u00a0 Now a ghost town located just 3 km from the plant, the city was evacuated and subsequently abandoned Soviet clean up crews or “liquidators” \u2014 many who died or suffered deleterious health effects \u2014 briefly lived in Pripyat during early emergency containment operations at Chernobyl. (download photo essay here\u00a0<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

K. Lee Lerner.\u00a0Pripyat, Ukraine –Pripyat and the Legacy of Chernobyl: Inside the Nuclear Exclusion Zone (Photo Essay)<\/a>. Taking Bearings. Harvard Blogs. May, 2014. Additional photos available at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10222183733878367&type=3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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